Kasey Dunn’s promotion from receivers coach to offensive coordinator was a fan-favorite hire of the offseason, but just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong in his first game calling plays.
It seemed feasible that Oklahoma State could use three quarterbacks in its season-opener against Tulsa, but not in the manner they were used.
In the Cowboys’ 16-7 win, Dunn lost his starting QB Spencer Sanders after a drive and a play to a high-ankle sprain, so on he went to junior college transfer Ethan Bullock. But after offensive struggles, in came highly touted freshman Shane Illingworth, who hadn’t practiced much within the last few weeks because of COVID-19 contact tracing.